History:  Columbia County.  Dr. E. S. Harrison, Stolen cheese, Col. 
Ignatius Few, Old Tom Carr, Thomas Blanchard, Reminisces of Dr. H. R. 
Casey
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Articles written for the Columbia Sentinel in 1883.

Permission granted by the Columbia County News and transcribed by 
Stephanie Harrison.

The articles were written in 1883 by Dr H. R. Casey for the Columbia 
Sentinel. He writes about many of the early pioneers of Columbia County 
who arrived in Georgia in the late 1700's and early 1800's.

The following names were mentioned in this article:
Dr. E. S. Harrison, William; or "Billy" {Harrison}, Col Ignatius Few,
William Few, Tom Carr, Burton Wilkerson, Randall Davy, Tom and Uriah
{Carr}, Eli Lockhart, Thomas Blanchard.



April 4, 1883
Dr. E. S. Harrison and William; or "Billy" as he is called by the boys,
live in your town, the former a rising young practitioner winning 
golden honors in his profession and the latter the very efficient Town
Marshall. Billy is quite fleet of foot, but I saw him badly beaten in a
foot race on a certain memorable occassion, at Appling by a Fifteenth
Amendment. They carried about equal weights. Billy had a huge cheese
knife, about two feet long and the nigger had two pounds of cheese 
which he had stolen from Jim Kelley's store. The darkey got the start 
and kept it, but they had it up and down over the gullies and through 
the spring branch and the last heard of that Sambo he was seated on a 
stump in Kiokee swamp, eating the cheese and singing the old song, 
"White man mighty onsartin--nigger will steal." That was a great day, 
and "thereby hangs a tale."

The other children of E. S. Harrison, or Ned as he is called, I
think live with him. I hope he may live long and prosper.
William the oldest son died since the publication of these 
Reminiscences.

COL IGNATIUS FEW
was the first President I think of Emory College, and his brother
WILLIAM FEW was a Judge of the Superior Court.

OLD TOM CARR
immigrated from Virginia, and settled near Cobbham on the place now
owned by Burton Wilkerson. Mr Carr was a lawyer and a farmer. In those
days it was not the custom as it is now for the lawyers to flock to the
cities and towns; but they now and then professed to live on their
farms. Tom Carr lived at his country home moved from North Carolina and
settled in Columbia near Big Creek. He married a daughter of Randall
Davy of Lincoln. He had two sons--Tom and Uriah. The former moved to
Harris County and married a daughter of Eli Lockhart and raised a large
family of children. He made money by farming and gave his children a
fine education. Several of his boys are now living and doing well in
New York. One is a physician another a lawyer and one of his boys I
think was promoted a Major General about the close of the war for
gallantry in the field. Uriah lived and died in Columbia. They raised 
five children --three daughters and two sons. The oldest daughter died
just as she reached womanhood and Mac died just as he arrived at
manhood. The other daughter, Mrs Lewis, still lives in this county.

THOMAS BLANCHARD
Is one of our most scientific and practical planters. He has recently
invented and patented a plow which is regarded by all who seen or used
it is a great improvement on the old fashioned plow and is destined I
think to be not only of great utility to the farming interests, but I
hope will put money in his pocket. If he had the money to publish to
the world and put before it his invention; it would take like hot 
cakes, and would enable our people to eat more hot and cold cakes than 
they now do.